They are soon to be Year 3 and …. in the JUNIORS!!!!!!

USP Unique Selling Point

Your children Our caring community Focus on excellence Partnership

Our School

‘Happiness at the Heart of Learning’ High expectations of everyone Valued, effective staff Very good organisation systems Excellent quality of teaching Fantastic pupils Expanded building- good facilities

Values led

Respect Self confidence Social Emotional Aspects of Learning

(SEAL) Membership

What’s our child’s new school like? Presence of staff on the playground Informative website Newsletters Wellbeing team of staff Assertive Mentoring - half termly

reports on your child’s progress Opportunities to come in to join

learning

Happy Individuals

Class contracts Home school agreement Investor in Pupils Social Emotional Aspects of Learning Aware of their own potential but

respectful of others Clear behaviour policies with positive

approach but clear sanctions

Year 3 team Miss Lattimore – team leader Miss Haukim – current Year 3 teacher Mr Papadarkis – current Year 3 teacher Mrs Balsal – joining our school, experienced KS1 and Y3

teacher A team of teaching and learning support assistants Mrs Kelly working with Miss Lattimore Mrs Huse (SENDCo) focus on Year 3 in Autumn Miss Hague- teacher of children with additional needs

Transition programme

Playtime Assembly Lunch Show Tried and tested routines Meet new teachers next Tuesday Very good relationship with the

Infants school

Your child will be given:

A planner A school pencil case Contents for the pencil case School dictionary Log-ins for: Bug Club (reading tool),

Mathletics, Fronter or website for homework, homework book

You can…..

Visit our school library with your child after school on a Monday and Tuesday

Help your child save at our school bank

Come to gardening club on a Wednesday lunchtime

Volunteer in class –will need a DBS check

Children Involved

From ringing the bell in the morning.. School Council, eco warriors, maths

ambassadors, reading champions Planners - homework Clubs- early morning, lunch and after

school( will be getting a letter) Investors in Pupils

To be in the playground by 8.45am when the bell sounds

Send with dinner money or packed lunch – keep £5 in credit

P.E. kit in school on weekdays Expect to have a reading book and planner come

home Not take them out of school for dentist or doctor

appointments Bring to school unless they have been sick or have a

temperature Speak with us if you have any concerns

You need:

Exciting Curriculum

National Curriculum with a Whitehall ‘twist’

Some ability grouping-much learning from one another

Will be taught French and learn the recorder (other instruments in Year 4)

Will go swimming in Year 5 Will have at least one educational

experience offsite per term

If your child has additional needs All teachers will offer Quality First Teaching We have an Inclusion Team: Coordinator of Special Needs – Louise Huse Special Needs teacher – Kim Hague EAL coordinator - Heather Brooks G&T coordinator - Joanne Norman Pupil Wellbeing Officer - Debbie Simmonds Learning Mentor - Bina Gadher Activity Leader – Emma Raeburn Lunchtime leader – Manjit Bhogal

Teaching respect Modelling by all adults Simple courtesies Some conversations need to be

private = off the playground Sanctions Uniform Bullying- keeping safe and secure

policy

Uniform expectations – all named! Red jumper White shirt Black trousers skirt Headwear in school colours, long hair tied back Black shoes or trainers P.E. kit in named bag to stay in school red top

and black shorts/trousers and change of shoes

Ongoing partnership

September meeting with teachers October achievement report Early morning and after school Inform about life outside school Parents and Friends Association Governors Parent group- Leading Parent

Partnership Award

Family matters

September 2015 and beyond… Lovely children in supportive community; Excellent Ofsted and good follow up audits; Very good standards of attainment and

rates of progress; Focus on high expectations, good teaching

of the basics and motivational learning; Good partnership as we move forward.

www.whitehalljunior.orgEmail: whitehalljun@hgfl.org.uk